§ 123. Marks on logs and timber to be recorded. Every person who shall
run any logs or timber down any river or stream recognized by law or use
as a public highway shall select some mark different from any mark
previously recorded, and shall put the same on each log or stick of
timber in some conspicuous place, and shall cause such mark to be
recorded in the county clerk's office of each county in or through which
such river or stream runs. The county clerk shall be entitled to the sum
of fifty cents for recording such mark, to be paid by the person having
the same recorded, and a copy of said entry, certified by the clerk,
shall be presumptive evidence that the logs or timber so marked are the
property of the person by whom such mark was selected and recorded.